What does "Seven" mean in the Bible?
As from the beginning this was the number of days in the week, so it has ever in Scripture a sort of emphasis attached to it, and is very often and generally used as a round number, or, as some would say, a perfect number. Seven appears in 215 verses across 29 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Seven?
SEVEN. Gen 2:2. As from the beginning this was the number of days in the week, so it has ever in Scripture a sort of emphasis attached to it, and is very often and generally used as a round number, or, as some would say, a perfect number. Clean beasts were taken into the ark by sevens. Gen 7:2. The years of plenty and famine in Egypt were marked by sevens. Gen 41:2-3. With the Jews not only was there a seventh-day Sabbath, but every seventh year was a Sabbath, and every seven times seventh year was a jubilee. Their great feasts of unleavened bread and of tabernacles were observed for seven days. The number of animals in many of their sacrifices was limited to seven. The golden candlestick had seven branches. Seven priests with seven trumpets went around the walls of Jericho seven days, and seven times on the seventh day. In the Apocalypse we find seven churches addressed, seven candlesticks, seven spirits, seven stars, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven thunders, seven vials, seven plagues, and seven angels to pour them out. "Seven" is often put for any round or whole number; just as we use "ten" or "a dozen;" so in 1 Sam 2:5; Job 5:19; Prov 26:16, Gal 4:25; Isa 4:1; Jer 15:9; Matt 12:45. "In like manner "seven times," or "seven-fold," means "often," "abundantly," "completely." Gen 4:15, Jud 6:24; Lev 26:24; Ps 12:6; Ps 79:12; Matt 18:21. And seventy times seven is still a higher superlative. Matt 18:21-22.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Seven?
Where does Seven appear in the Bible?
Seven is referenced in 215 verses across 29 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Chronicles 3:4
- 1 Chronicles 9:25
- 1 Chronicles 10:12
- 1 Chronicles 15:26
- 1 Chronicles 18:4
- 1 Chronicles 19:18
- 1 Chronicles 29:4
- 1 Chronicles 29:27
- 1 Kings 6:6
- 1 Kings 6:38
- 1 Kings 7:17
- 1 Kings 11:3
- 1 Kings 18:43
- 1 Kings 19:18
- 1 Kings 20:29
- 1 Samuel 2:5
- 1 Samuel 6:1
- 1 Samuel 10:8
- 1 Samuel 11:3
- 1 Samuel 13:8
- 1 Samuel 16:10
- 1 Samuel 31:13
- 2 Chronicles 7:9
- 2 Chronicles 13:9
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Open all 215 references in ProtosWhat else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Seven.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Seven?
Seven appears in 215 verses across 29 books, most often in Genesis, which accounts for 37 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Seven?
Genesis, Leviticus, Numbers, Ezekiel, Exodus, 2 Kings, Deuteronomy, 1 Chronicles, and 21 more.
Where can I read every verse about Seven?
This page lists 24 of them. Protos carries all 215, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
